Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1887-03-14

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its own way seems rather queer. "Ihere |
is a niger in the fence somewhere.
Mr. James Cohen, registrar for Park
City, informs the citizens that the regis |
tration lists will have to be revised and |
that all will have to take the new test |;
oath. Registration for the city election |
to ee held May I'd, will commence March |
18th, and will continue until April I'd.
Mr.. Cohen was the first to take the |
oath in Park City. Judge James adj
ministered it.
The Leagae ball comes off next Thurs
day evening and promises to be the event |
of the season.
Two hundred shares of Anchor stock
were sold last Wednesday at 81 per share.
This says that the Anchor will soon be
one of the paying mines of the Park.
The Parkites are confident that the
Anchor has something besides water in
it and something that will pay better.
A visit to the new machine shop of the
Ontario and DAILY mills, situated just
south of the DAILY mill. last Friday was
one of interest and pleasure. Through
the courtesies OF Mr.. w. S. Towles, we
were able to gather the following infor-
nation in regard to the shops: The
building is 124 feet in length by 80 feet
in width, and is divided into three apart
ments, blacksmith shop, machine
shop and carpenter shop. The ma
chine shop, when completed, will be as
finely equipped as any of its size in the
West, A 24-foot lathe, 16-foot planer
and largest size drill press, all of the
Putnam pattern and of the best make,
and other machinery, are now in place,
and the remainder, among which is
large gap lathe, will be here in few
days and Immediately put in place ready
for start in couple of weeks. The
carpenter shop is also fitted up with the
best of machinery, among which we no.
ticed scroll saw, with a 36-inch open
ing, a 10-inch planer, a turning lathe,
mortising and boring machine, and full
set of circular saws for different work.
In the northeast corner of the machine
shop is the 40-light, dynamo, which fur
nishes the light for the Ontario and DAILY
mines and mills, which, though, is too
small for the purpose, and will soon be
supplanted by 6O-light dynamo. The
United States Company's system OF
electric lighting is used. Mr.. H. c.. b.
lis, a thorough electrician, has charge OF
the dynamo and the work connected
with it. The machine shop will be under
the supervision of NJ. q. Foote, the mas
ter mechanic and the carpenter shop
under Mr.. w. s. Towles, who has super
intended the erection and fitting up of
the works. Everything about the place
has been designed with a view to secur-
ing good work, and nothing has been
spared to that end.
The old shops will be moved short
distance above the new ones and used
for storing lumber The works are
credit to the companies by which they
have been built and to the town.
In the death of Judge &c orge G.
Snyder, which occurred Friday morning,
Park City and Summit county lost one of
oldest, most honored and most respecte
citizens; a man, against whom no i'll
word could ever be spoken; a man who
was generous to fault; whose heart and
pocket were ever open to aid the suffer
ings of fellow creature; and one whose
pleasant smile and jovial greeting will
be sadly missed both by old and young
throughout the town and county. His
life has been an eventful one and though
connected for years with institutions of
crime and wickedness, his life has been
an honorable one and as he goes to the
grave there are none that can say aught
but we'll done. Connected as his life has
been with the history of our town and
| county few facts concerning it cannot
but be of interest Born in Parnelia
Four Corners, jefferson county, New
York, June u, 1919, he was at his death
nearly 69 years of age. His father hav
ing embraced the Mormon religion moved
e. L. g. -,
In 1912 Mr.. Snyder was married and
soon after moved into Missouri, settleing
at st. Joseph ane remaining there until
brought him, with his family, out West. |
he remainded in Utah with his
friends a few months, taking up his
journey westward again in the spring of
1850. In 1854 he returned to Utah, which |
has been his home ever since. 1t was at
this time that the polygamy excitement
was at its highest among the Mormons
and Snyder, a firm believer in the doc
trines of the church, entered into his po-
lygamous relations. Being a man who |
thought for himself, who placed the ut |
most reliance in his own Judgment, and |
one whose ideas of right and wrong were |
ciled to the Wickedness of the leaders of |
the church, nor could he be a tool and |
slave, SO before 1858 he commenced diff |
fering with the leaders and the breech |
kept widening until his remuneration of |
the doctrines twenty years later He |
came to Summit county in 1864 and has |
since resided here. In 1865 he |
was appointed Probate Judge of the |
county by Gov. Doty, and was twice sue
cessvely elected to that office by
the Legislature, that being the mode of
filling that Office then. the term being
one year and the Legislature meeting
annually. He served as Selectman of
the county from 1877 to 1890, wnen he
ran for Probate Judge on the Liberal
ticket, but was defeated. He held vari-
GUS ecclesiastical positions in the church,
the last being that of Councillor to Bishop |
Cluf in the reorganization of 1876 and !
1877. He went on one mission to En-
gland and three to the Eastern Middle |
States. His determination to leave the |
church dates from 1870, though little
would have made him 90 out with |
Godbe, Lawrence and others at the |
time OF their eXcOmmunication. 1t was |
not until 1888 though that he broke away |
from the rule of the church. since when |
he has opposed it and done all in his |
power to see the laws of his land the I
supreme power in priest-ridden Utah. |
He severed all his polygamous relations
and Immediately after the passage of /
the Edmunds anti-polygamy bill in 1882, |
he sought the amnesty of the President !